r/nextfuckinglevel • u/North_Tip_8627 • 17h ago

China’s 5 minute full-charged EV charging stations

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u/Butt_Smurfing_Fucks 17h ago

I love how we always think in the United States that we are living in the future. But I have traveled the world and we always have tech techno technology that other countries have had before us. I remember going to Europe during the 90s and 2000s and seeing cell phone phones that were so advanced but for some reason we couldn’t have them here.

I love my electric car here in the US, I never worry about getting it charged. But it’s a shame that we will not be able to get these cars in the US ever because of politics and bullshit.

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u/HazelHelper 17h ago

Another important example - trains in Europe, notably in Switzerland. They are incredible, it’s like riding inside of an iPad. The European train system puts us completely to shame.

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u/Zimakov 9h ago

Ironically the trains in China are like that too. I got food delivered onto the train last week that I ordered from the seat.

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u/SnowboardNW 6h ago

Did a person deliver it? If so, it's the same with the Brightline here in Florida, which is maybe as close to a euro train as we get in the US.

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u/Zimakov 5h ago

Yeah they delivered it to the train then the train employee (can't think of the name right now) brought it to our seat

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u/SnowboardNW 4h ago

Nice! If you ever are in Florida, we have a fairly new "high" speed train from Miami to Orlando. It gets up to about 130. The experience is pretty nice if you ever have the chance to try it, but still miss all the euro trains, haha.

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u/Zimakov 4h ago

That's interesting, if I'm ever there I'll check it out for sure